Improvement in horse-shoers  hoof-farer



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FRANZ LEHMANN, OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent N 96,928, dated November 16, 1 869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-SHOERS I-IOOF-PRER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

a curved handle, both ot' which will be more fully here- `inai'ter described.

Description. of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a side view of the tool. l Figure 2 is a iiont view of the same.

General Description.

A is a steel blade, having its sides turned up, a-s at ay a.

'Ihe cutting-edge is along the freut of the blade and the front of the upturn'ed sides.

The blade A is slightly curved from side toside, the line otcurvature being shown in tig. 2, so that the centre of the cutting-edge is slightly lower than the sides of the same.

Attached to the back of this blade is themetallie shank B, curved so that it overhangs the Cutting-edge ofthe blade.

To an elongated portion of this-shank are riveted the handle-pieces C C, the same being of bone, wood, horn, or like material. I use horn.

The entire handle may be made ot' metal, but I prefer, i'or the sake ot lightness, to rivet the pieces C C, oi' horn or other lightmaterial, to the shank, as above described. v

The :lidvantage of this invention over the ordinary farriere knife, which'generally consists of a simple blade, bent atthe end, is, that it enables the workman to have a better grasp and purchase to bis tool, thereby saving much expenditure of muscle, and, at the same time, ot't'ers, by its sharp corners and upturned sides, a superior eutting-edge with which to pare-close up to the frog ot' the hoot', or the edge of theshoe, without injuring the hoot'.

Owing to the curvature given the handle, the weight of the workmans hand is put toits best advantage.

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I claim, as my invention-- 'Ihe herse-shoers hoetparer, composed of the blade A rt and the handle, constructed substantially as au'd for the purpose specified.

FRANZ LEHMANN.

\Vitnesses:

LEWIS L.- COBURN, AUGUSTUS B. DEMEYER. 

